Massive human rights abuses in a country led by a Nobel Peace Prize winner. And understanding the new york city bomber, and what radicalized this american citizen . We know who it was, a preacher, but he has been dead for years. Ill explain. Finally, how many skittles or refugees would you have to go through before you got to a bad one . We will tell you. But first, heres my take. It is the annual gathering of World Leaders in new york this week, and for most of them, it is time for group therapy. Around the globe leaders of all stripes seem afflicted with the same mall dirks low Approval Ratings. Morgan stanleys richard has pointed out that the leaders for the emerging e can conmys popularity has dropped 17 points over the last decade. What is going on . Well, as i argue in a fourth coming Foreign Affairs essay, todays western countries face four structural challenges demography, globalization, automation, and increasing debt burdens. The demographic challenge might be the most fundam
States and qatar. What will bring the crisis to a close . I will ask qatars former Prime Minister. Also, the trump boom. Why have american stock markets gone up, up and further up while the country is mired in political turmoil and paralysis . Well have an explanation. Finally, americas census counts its people every ten years. This country is embarking on a census to count its islands, and there are thousands of them. But first heres my take. This weeks shooting at a congressional baseball practice was a ghastly example of the Political Polarization that is ripping this country apart. Political scientists have shown that congress is more divided than at any time since the end of reconstruction. I for one am struck not simply by the depth of partisanship these days but increasingly its nature. The feeling seems to me that people on the other side of the divide are not just wrong and to be argued with, they are immoral and must be muzzled or punished. This is not about policy. The chasm
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